Browsing by Subject "fertility"
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Demographic characteristics of Sardinian centenarian genealogies: Preliminary results of the AKeA2 study
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Essays on Fertility and Fertility Preferences in India
(2014)In this dissertation, I examine at the aggregate and individual levels, why contemporary fertility preferences diverge from actual fertility. I use three waves of cross-sectional survey data from the National Family Health ... -
"Super Bowl Babies": Do Counties with Super Bowl Winning Teams Experience Increases in Births Nine Months Later?
(Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world, 2017-01)Following the claim of a highly publicized National Football League (NFL) commercial, we test whether the Super Bowl provides a positive exogenous shock to fertility in counties of winning teams. Using stadium locations ... -
Three Essays on the Effects of Donor Supplied Contraceptives on Fertility, Usage, and Attitudes
(2016)After the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning, there have been major strides in advancing the family planning agenda for low and middle-income countries worldwide. Much of the existing infrastructure and funding for family ...
